HSSK is regularly engaged to provide litigation consulting and valuation services on matters in the financial services industry. Our experienced practitioners include Certified Public Accountants, Accredited Senior Appraisers, Chartered Financial Analysts, and Certified Fraud Examiners, as well as former bank personnel who have served as a senior commercial loan officer, investment officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and chief executive officer of financial institutions.

We specialize in evaluating bank activities in the context of federal and state regulations, internal policies and procedures and what is considered normal and customary industry practices, as well as in the calculation and evaluation of damages claims. Our experts have written reports and testified in deposition and at trial in local, state and federal courts involving the following issues.

Residential, commercial, construction & real estate lending practices

Commercial & industrial lending practices

Bank deposit operations and management

Wire transfer practices

Letter of credit practices

Regulatory compliance

Bank policy and procedure compliance

Customary banking practice compliance

Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance

Loan agreement and covenant compliance

Director & officer liability & fiduciary duties

Investment portfolio management

Financial and accounting management

Branch operations management

Our experts are regularly engaged to address issues that arise in and out of litigation by various parties in the financial services industry, including: